GUJRANWALA, JAN 24, (DNA) – Authorities on Tuesday suspended a police sub-inspector for subjecting a poor rickshaw driver to brutal torture in Gujranwala. According to eyewitness accounts, a motorcycle rickshaw slightly hit the car of Sub-inspector Samiullah, which raged the off-duty cop who started thrashing the rickshaw driver. The plain-clothed official, in the video available, can be seen beating the hell out of the poor driver with a baton, fists and kicks. The driver got fainted due to the savage treatment meted out to him. Amid all this, the locals keptRead More

RAWALPINDI, JAN 24, (DNA) – All Pakistan Chambers Presidents’ Conference (APCPC) has urged government to take traders community on board on the 4th part of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which is ‘Industrial Zones Development’. The two day 9th APCPC moot which concluded in Bhurban on Tuesday also adopted joint declaration with an aim to promote business and trade activities throughout the country as without a stable economy the goal of self sufficiency could not be achieved. The APCPC, hosted by the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI), adoptedRead More

RAWALPINDI, JAN 24, (DNA) – Pakistan has conducted its first successful flight test of Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile Ababeel, which has a maximum range of 2200 kilometers. The missile is capable of delievring multiple warheads, using Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. The test flight was aimed at validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system. Ababeel is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and has the capability to engage multiple targets with high precision, defeating the enemy’s hostile radars. Development of Ababeel Weapon System is aimed at ensuringRead More

ISLAMABAD, JAN 24, (DNA) – Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) is hearing the Panamagate Case on Thursday.A five-member bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, also including Justice Azmat Saeed, Justice Ijaz Afzal, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Ijaz-ul-Hasan, is hearing the case against the family members of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) lawyer Taufiq Asif will conclude his arguments in the high-profile case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s children Maryam, Hassan and Hussain Nawaz. In Monday’s proceeding, the bench asked the prime minister’s counsel Makhdoom Ali Khan to submit prime minister’sRead More

MULTAN, JAN 24, (DNA) -Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will inaugurate the metro bus service in Multan on Tuesday (today) which will take citizens around the city in only Rs20. The 18 kilometer long track will begin from Bahauddin Zakariya University and end at Kumharan Chowk connecting 21 stations—of which 14 are situated at flyovers while seven are located on land routes. The project was completed at a cost of Rs 28.88 billion. Authorities claim that in its first phase 35 buses will operate on the route providing transportation to 95000Read More